Hi there my Hivean friends and followers!
Welcome to the 16th round of my special weekly photo challenge known as Appreciate Beauty of Nature with 
I know a lot of photo contests with nature as the main theme were/are/will be hosted by various people on the Hive blockchain but I wanted to come up with something more than just another photo contest where participants would submit their best natural photos. Therefore, I decided to go for quite an unusual concept that I am going to introduce in the following lines.
The aim of the Appreciate Beauty of Nature with
The internet (and the Hive blockchain as well) is flooded with picture perfect shots of landscapes, mountains, forests, beaches etc. taken years ago. But this is not what I want to see in this challenge. I want to see shots that may not be necessarily stunning but they must be fresh, proving that you have just physically spent some time outdoors in the fresh air. But remember that nature comes in many forms. It doesn´t have to be a pristine jungle or a deep remote forest. An urban park, a botanical garden, a little grove on the outskirts of your town - pretty much any place with some trees, plants, rocks, bodies of water or any other natural features would be just as fine ;)
Obviously, there is no way for me to verify whether the photo that you submit in the challenge is really fresh or if it was even taken by you so I am relying on your honesty guys. The prizes for the winners (as described below) are more symbolical than overly motivating so I don´t expect too much fraudulent behavior in this challenge anyway.
I want to keep the rules of this challenge as simple and benevolent as possible so let´s agree on just this:
Only one entry per person per round.
The photo must be yours and not older than one week.
Add a few words about the photo, at least where and when you took it.
You can start submitting your entries to this round from now until the next round. Prior to publishing the next round post, I will pick 3 winners, give my full upvote on their entries and feature them in the next round of the challenge. As long as the response is not too overwhelming, I will also try to give some smaller upvotes on all of the other entries to reward all participants.
I might change the concept and/or the rules of the photo challenge later on, depending on how things go. Also, I haven´t reserved a fixed day for this challenge yet so it might be movable but it will definitely be hosted once every week.
To keep up with you guys, I submit my own fresh natural photo to every round´s post too :) Here is my contribution to start out this round.
I took this shot of Ilheu de Rosto de Cao, an impressive rock formation of volcanic origin that can be found here in Ponta Delgada, the capital city of the Sao Miguel Island, just a few days ago. It was a rainy day and the cliffs were very slippery but I managed to get down almost to the sea surface level to capture the landmark from this unusual angle, showing the clarity of the water. The black dots on the stones are actually sea urchins :)
In the last round, we had 11 participants so picking those 3 winners was not as easy as in some of the previous rounds but after some thorough consideration, I made my choice :)
The winners are:
Lately, it has been difficult to find a field in the Czech Republic where it would not be just oilseed rape. I found one yesterday near the village of Stýskaly in the Plzeň-sever district. The life-giving grain that will bring us bread.
Greetings from Greece 
What a wonderful challenge! I followed you, I am so impressed that there are so many people here discussing nature - I would never thought about it when I first started exploring/discovering/getting lost in nature around me :) This image is a close-up of a dandelion, ready to fly away and give away hundreds of wishes to the world :) On it, we see some tiny little creatures of something (that I really dont know yet what they will grow to become). I was so impressed that I wanted to take a photograph. The place is a small seaside village in Crete, Greece. I am near the sea and also near the country side :)
Congratulations guys! It was my pleasure to give you 100% upvotes on your entries :)
I am looking forward to what you will come up with in this round.
Have fun and appreciate the beauty of nature!
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